Theme development

I know that $name shows the node poster name with a link to the user account. But I need to show the username without link; which is the right variable for this? Thank you.

Where does the $scripts variable come from when in page.tpl.php? I want to add a javascript file to the page, and I want to do it how I'm suppose to. I do realize I could just hard code it, but I'd rather not if theres a better way.

other than the lala land, is there a place where a good looking drupal theme exist?
i am not talking about traditional themes, am talking about themes like this free joomla theme
http://www.invision-graphics.com/free-templates-details219-feather-jooml...

even if you know sites that sell themes, just direct me to them

How do I theme an individual form item? I am trying to layout my form so that certain checkboxes are next to labels for other form items, but each form item is wrapped in a div and so is displayed above the item. I figured that since there are suffix and prefix fields for form items that I could use them for layout, but since everything is wrapped in these idiotic divs my layout is render moot. Since I can no longer use form_render and drupal_render doesn't work with individual items, how do I do this?

Hey.. Im really new to Drupal and I have been using one of the pre-installed themes for my business which I cant tell you how much i love it. but if you go to my site using firefox and other browsers the logo of the company isn't layered right. www.dynamicclothing.net is the website if you get a chance to look at it you will no what im talking about i need to have the logo under the text layer but i cant figure out how to do this.

ANY HELP IS GREAT.. THANKS

Here is the site with demo for most of the Drupal 5.x themes.

http://themes.penang1010.com/

More than 100+ themes!!
We have so many themes for drupal 5.x!?